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Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End — People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer's eyeballs in real time.

Microsoft Office for iPad: Separating fact from fiction — Summary: If the Daily.com is right, Microsoft's Office for iPad could be launching well ahead of Office for Windows 8 on ARM tablets. — The Daily.com — the folks that brought us last year's rumor that Microsoft planned …

How to parse a Microsoft denial — Summary: Microsoft's response to The Daily's latest Office on iPad story provides a lesson in how to interpret Microsoft's official responses to information the company isn't ready to share. — As a long-time Microsoft watcher, I've seen lots of Microsoft denials in my day.

Flickr Is Getting a Major Makeover — The new Flickr photo view, slated to roll out 2/28/2012. — Markus Spiering has, as they say, a good eye. Most of his resume was in mobile before he became a senior product manager for Flickr. In March 2011, he slipped into the head product role, lording over Flickr's 45 or so employees.

Research, no motion: How the BlackBerry CEOs lost an empire — “We are no longer a company that is innovative and energetic, we are drowning in paperwork.” — By many accounts, the problems at RIM go deeper than just outdated software. Things reached a crisis point in 2011, which could be known as “The Year of the Open Letter.”

CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming — (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.

Mozilla to challenge big players in mobile web — Mozilla, the Mountain View nonprofit that took on Microsoft's Internet browser dominance nearly a decade ago and won, now wants to play the same transformative role with the mobile web. — Mozilla is expected on Wednesday to announce plans …

Intel's (latest) mobile comeback — CEO Paul Otellini thinks he's finally found a way to get Intel into the mobile game. Will phone makers take his call? — FORTUNE — There are two kinds of CEOs: Those who love the spotlight and those who hate it. Paul Otellini, chief executive officer of Intel, falls into the latter category.

MegaUpload founder released on bail — In a surprise move, a New Zealand court released Kim DotCom today after concluding that he was not enough of a flight risk. — Kim DotCom, founder of cyberlocker MegaUpload, has been released on bail following the emergence of new evidence, according to media reports in New Zealand.